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• Breda Model 35
  ...(ship)|deck]]-mounted anti-aircraft weapon in at least some of the [[MAS (ships)|MAS torpedo boat]]s. The naval mounting had an elevation of -10 to +90 deg ...ollection, ID Numbers P00219.015 and P01915.015.</ref> and [[HMS Ladybird (1916)|HMS ''Ladybird'']], and at least on one [[Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car|M
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• MG 151 cannon
  * Length: 1916&nbsp;mm | align="center" | 695 || Optimized for strafing unarmoured ships. No self-destruct. Penetration 15 mm of steel at 75 degree impact angle, 10
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• QF 2 pounder naval gun
  ...t was ordered in 1915 by the [[Royal Navy]] as an anti-aircraft weapon for ships of cruiser size and below. The original models fired from hand-loaded fabri ...of storage to see service in [[World War II]], mainly on board second-rate ships such as [[naval trawler]]s, Motor Boats and "armed yachts". It was used alm
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• QF 3 inch 20 cwt
  ...br>12.5 lb (1914);<br>16 lb [[Shell (projectile)#High-explosive (HE)|HE]] (1916)<ref>Routledge 1994, page 9, 13</ref> ...m/s|abbr=on}} caused excessive barrel wear and was unstable in flight. The 1916 16&nbsp;lb shell at {{convert|2000|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}} proved ballistically
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• QF 4.5 inch Mk I – V naval gun
  ...e for the Royal Navy, used particularly on [[destroyer]]s. Apart from some ships armed with [[QF 4 inch gun]]s due to supply problems, it remained the stand ...aring class destroyer (1949)|''Daring'' class destroyer]]. This gave these ships a level of firepower unprecedented only 15 years earlier. The Type 81 [[Tri
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• QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV
  ...e guns were obsolete for warship use, but many were re-mounted on merchant ships and troopships for defence against enemy submarines and commerce raiders. ...k I "Woolwich" carriage, [[Sausage Valley]], [[Battle of the Somme|Somme]] 1916.</center>]]
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• QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun
  ...h-angle anti-aircraft role, and was typically used on cruisers and heavier ships. ....e. anti-aircraft) gun on new warships in the 1930s, but it served on many ships such as [[destroyer]]s and [[light cruiser]]s in [[World War II]].<ref>Tony
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• QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII
  ...n HMS Satyr WWI IWM SP 1497.jpg|thumb|left|<center>On [[R class destroyer (1916)|R class destroyer]] HMS ''Satyr'' circa. 1917 - 1918</center>]] It was used to arm merchant ships in [[World War II]].
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• QF 4 inch naval gun Mk I – III
  |service=1896 - 1920<ref>Remaining ships were all scrapped or decommissioned following WWI, by 1921 at latest</ref> It was mounted on the following ships :
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...ore targets, with or without the aid of radar or optical sighting. Most US ships destroyers or larger (but not destroyer escorts or escort carriers) employe ...ions. An officer on the flagship would signal target information to other ships in the formation.
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• Edward Giles Stone
  ...7 p6]</ref> reports a proposal of Stone's to construct a fleet of concrete ships. The paper reported "Mr. E. G. Stone, of Messrs. Stone and Siddeley, engine ...</ref><ref>''Report of Engineers ... in connection with contract.''. SA PP 1916 (86)</ref><ref name='SAPP191786'>''Curtailment of Glenelg and Cape Thevenar
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• Hemp
  ...& Merrrill, Hemp Hurds As Papermaking Material, U.S.D.A. Bulletin No.404, 1916, page 3.</ref> producing up to 25 tonnes of dry matter per [[hectare]] per ...ewey and Merrill, U.S.D.A. Bulletin No. 404, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1916. Page 25</ref><ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17855/17855-h/17855-h.ht
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